M1 in Ha

[MikeD]

Chuffed to bits to get this shot as before I had the obs there was no way I could have been imaging with the sail that is my 10" newt in the strong gusting wind last night.

fast moving patches of cloud sent the mount on a wild goose chase for the guide star a few times but I still managed to get 10 @ 10 Min's in Ha before the wind got too strong even in the obs and the cloud closed in.

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I would have liked to have got more subs for this but like I say before the obs I would have not been able to get any.

Mike.

[Helen]

That's very, very nice Mike 8) Glad all the hard work on the Obs is paying off!

Helen

[cygnusx1]

Good shot, i myself was shooting it last night whilst testing my guiding, got 30 odd minutes but only a LP filter so the nebula didn't show up

[MikeD]

Thanks for the kind comments.

Glad all the hard work on the Obs is paying off!

Helen

So am I Helen

Mike.

[barkis]

Great picture Mike, all down to putting in the effort, and being patient.

Ron.

[Helen]

Glad all the hard work on the Obs is paying off!

Helen

So am I Helen

Mike.

Had the guy round to discuss garden re-design (ie putting concrete in the flower bed ) on Wed... so progress here too (but even if my Obs was built I'd have still been in the house last night )

Helen

[MikeD]

You are going to love it when it's done. I find myself out in the obs in the rain ( roof on but just out there messing with stuff).

Mike.

[Helen]

Yep, really looking forward to it Mike - the planning was also to ensure I don't need to walk over wet grass to get into it so it can be used in all weathers! Designing should be finished next week, so built in January hopefully... I should start an Obs thread I think..

Helen

[CELESCOPE]

Great image Mike , lovely detail , yes makes all the difference the Obs , but not in my case last night,

Rog

[Beyond_Vision]

Excellent image Mike picking up the filaments very well. Nice to have the luxury of an Obsy

Regards

Kevin

[MikeD]

I had a play with some poor colour( no darks or flats) taken with my 80ed in January.

This image is Ha Ha/RGB a a LRGB image.

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Mike.

[steppenwolf]

Very nice Ha image and the colour version shows a lot of promise too especially as there were no darks or flats - very nice indeed

[anthony]

Filaments are showing lovely there Mike - In the colour version the neb itself looks the biz

Anthony

[legion48]

They both look fantastic. Great work.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Both really nice images. The mono one has fabulous detail, the colour one is just lovely to look at.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[MikeD]

Thanks Guys

The plan for tonight was to add another 10 x 10 min subs to the Ha while M1 rose out of the worst of my LP and then grab some clean colour......... got as far as the 10 Ha subs and then high thin cloud put stop to any chance of getting good colour.

Still the Ha is now cleaner and deeper as a stack of 20 @ 10 Min's.

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Mike.

[anthony]

The detail is clearly improved in the outer filaments.

Nice work

Anthony

[mpeniak]

Absolute cracker mate. Very nicely done indeed!

Martin

[MartinB]

Amazing image Mike. Well done! I'm looking forward to see the proper colour version cos the one with the ED80 stuff looks very promising

[markcol]

Lovely detail in your Crab image Mike and the colour version looks great too.

Mark